If you've been looking forward to the assuredly mediocre The Conduit, today is the day you've been waiting for. This game has been a long time coming and the hype train couldn't have been any bigger for it, so we're curious how it's gonna' sell.
Also releasing today is the first installment of Capcom's Resident Evil Archives,and appropriately enough, the first release is the original RE.
It looks like Nintendo is really trying to pump up their WiiWare offerings as of late, with 3 more titles hitting this week.
On the DSi, another game in the Art Style series makes it's debut, and there's not a clock or calculator anywhere to be seen!
WiiWare Releases for 6/22/2009
Drill Sergeant Mindstrong (800 Points) Line up and get ready to use your mind. Drill Sergeant Mindstrong is a party game that allows up to four people to play at once. Players become boot-camp trainees under the tough Drill Sergeant Mindstrong, going through mind-boggling, mind-training games. The rules are simple, but concentration and quick thinking are key. Become the top boot of your class and earn promotions based on your efforts. This game is best played with friends and family.
NEVES Plus (600 Points)
Family Mini Golf(500 Points) Daddy, Mommy, Sarah and Billy are back for some mini-golf action. Play through multiple golf courses that contain obstacles ranging from bumpers to speed ramps to fans and more. Up to eight players can play together using a single Wii Remote controller. You can download new courses to expand your fun-filled mini-golf experience, creating even more complex and difficult challenges to overcome. Can you conquer all the courses and become the mini-golf champion?
DSiWare Releases for 6/22/2009
Art Style: BOXLIFE (500 Points) Climb the corporate ladder in the world of BOXLIFE using your wits and... paper? Use the Nintendo DSi stylus to cut and then manipulate the paper into a box shape. Be careful-if you're not efficient with your cuts, you'll waste paper and be penalized. R&D mode teaches you new patterns and challenges you to complete various ranks, while FACTORY mode gives you the chance to earn money by making as many boxes as possible from an endless sheet of paper. Success in each mode brings its own reward: Clear ranks to earn a promotion, change your character's appearance, and use your earnings to acquire new items for your character's miniature garden. With this game's stylish graphics and catchy sounds, thinking inside the box isn't such a bad thing.
Virtual Console Releases for 6/22/2009 SimEarth: The Living Planet (TGCD, 800 Points) An entire planet becomes your laboratory in this large-scale simulation game. Players help foster new life and promote its evolution into life forms of higher intelligence. Guide civilization along the path of evolution until it can achieve Exodus, the ultimate goal of settling on another planet. The basic challenge of the game is to maintain a comfortable environment for the life forms by adjusting atmospheric and geological parameters. Small organisms called Prokaryote and Trichordate will grow and evolve into a multitude of life forms. Making a drastic change is a recipe for disaster. The key to success is making small adjustments and watching how the life forms react. SimEarth also includes planets with environments different from Earth, such as Mars and Venus. Try your hand at terraforming these planets with harsh conditions and creating a world where life can thrive.
The original Boom Blox was a surprise hit when it released and this sequel aims to take everything that made that game so fun, and expand on it with more online options and of course tons of new maps to play.
Check out the reviews below to see if it lives up to the high standards set by the first title.
It's no secret that Wii Fit was a smash success for Nintendo. It proved that people really don't mind using their gaming equipment for things other than gaming, and Nintendo hopes to extend that mentality to the DS with Personal Trainer: Walking.
This game is unique in that it actually includes a set of pedometers that you can carry with you on a daily basis in order to upload your walking data to the cartridge. Once the data is received, the "game" will analyze it and give you tips, help you set goals and all kinds of stuff.
This is the kind of thing that really gets us excited, as most of us are pretty into watching what we do with our bodies.. but will the rest of the gaming community feel the same? Read on to find out!
(Since there aren't many reviews available at this time, we'll be revisiting Personal Trainer: Walking in about a week to update with the latest set of reviews! Be sure to check back.)
Playing this game? Be sure to visit it's page here on Nintendo Gamers Online and add it to your account!
For anyone interested in SEGA's recently released Let's Tap, you'll probably want to check out the video below, wherein the Giant Bomb crew unboxes the Best Buy limited edition Let's Tap and tests out the included "tap pad" that's included.
The past few weeks have been ripe with "swingy" sports titles on the Wii. It seems that consumers and publishers alike are having a love affair with golf and tennis games right now.
Let's TAP is SEGA at their finest. We haven't played it yet, so we're not speaking in terms of quality,.. we're talking about the SEGA ideal. The quirkiness that makes their arcade titles so goo ..continue reading Let's Tap (Wii) Review Roundup
This is a pretty nice week for the Wii, with at least 3 anticipated titles seeing the light of day.
There's no doubt in our minds that Ghostbusters and Guitar Hero Smash Hits both have the legs to sell quite a few copies, but we're interested to see how SEGA's quirky Let's TA ..continue reading New Release Tuesday for 6/16/2009
While the title may not make a lot of sense, this new take on the Metroid series has a lot going for it. It's being developed by the famed Team Ninja- also responsible f ..continue reading Post E3 Impressions: Metroid Other M
If you've been looking forward to the assuredly mediocre The Conduit, today is the day you've been waiting for. This game has been a long time coming and the hype train couldn't have been any bigger for it, so we're curious how it's gonna' sell.
The original Boom Blox was a surprise hit when it released and this sequel aims to take everything that made that game so fun, and expand on it with more online options and of course tons of new maps to play.
It's no secret that Wii Fit was a smash success for Nintendo. It proved that people really don't mind using their gaming equipment for things other than gaming, and Nintendo hopes to extend that mentality to the DS with Personal Trainer: Walking.
Let's TAP is SEGA at their finest. We haven't played it yet, so we're not speaking in terms of quality,.. we're talking about the SEGA ideal. The quirkiness that makes their arcade titles so goo 